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Sat
20
Sep
Saturday, September 20, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
(914) 965-4027
Explore 400 years of African and African-descended people in downtown Yonkers. This 2.5 mile urban hike will visit historic churches like St. John's Getty Square and Messiah Baptist Church, the waterfront's Enslaved African Rain Garden, the sites of early Black landowners in Yonkers, and discuss Yonkers connections to the American Revolution, Underground Railroad, Civil Rights, redlining, and school segregation. We'll also discuss famous Yonkers residents, Yonkers firsts, schools, fraternal organizations, music, and more! To register, email philipsemanorhall@parks.ny.gov or call 914-965-4027.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Sep
Saturday, September 27, 2025 until Sunday, September 28, 2025 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
Join us at the beautiful Croton Point Park on the Hudson River to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the Revolution in Westchester! Bring the family for live battle reenactments, musical performances and historical storytelling on two stages, period-inspired demonstrations, crafts, and food. Travel back in time to a Westchester that was alight with patriots, loyalists, and those caught in between. Philipse Manor Hall will bring our special traveling exhibit on the Revolutionary War in New York, historical games, and our espionage activity – fun for all ages! Learn more at https://www.visitwestchesterny.com/event/rev-fest-250/15/.
Registration: Required
Sun
28
Sep
Sunday, September 28, 2025 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
This temporary exhibit, originally developed by Revolutionary Westchester 250 and based on new research, takes a deep dive into the people and events behind Benedict Arnold's treason and the capture and execution of British Major John André. Access included with museum general admission. Learn more at https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/temporary-exhibit-treason-of-the-blackest-dye.
Registration: Required
Sat
04
Oct
Saturday, October 4, 2025 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
Play with the past! Enjoy indoor & outdoor colonial-era games like hoop & stick, graces, battledore & shuttlecock, shut the box, mancala, jacob's ladder, and more! Free and open to everyone. All children must be accompanied by an adult. No registration required.
Registration: Not required
Wed
08
Oct
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
Join authors Travis M. Bowman - the head of museum collections for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation's Bureau of Historic Sites - and Matthew A. Zembo - associate professor of history and military history at Hudson Valley Community College and instructor of American history at Bard Early College - for a talk about their new book, Clearing Iroquoia: New York's Land Grab in the 1779 Campaigns of the American Revolution (2024). In 1778, George Washington, Philip Schuyler, army officers, and New York officials began planning invasions against Iroquoia, the homeland of the Haudenosaunee and several other allied Indigenous nations. Bowman and Zembo's Clearing Iroquoia offers a fresh perspective on the Clinton-Sullivan campaign and hard truths about of the dispossession of the Haudenosaunee homeland and American colonialism. Register at https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/lecture-clearing-iroquoia.
Registration: Required
Sat
11
Oct
Saturday, October 11, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
Join us for this special 2.5 mile urban hike of downtown Yonkers focused on the Revolutionary War! Did you know that George Washington and the Continental Army spent time in Yonkers during the American Revolution? And that British Army General Sir Henry Clinton once used Philipse Manor Hall as his headquarters? Explore the troop movements, skirmishes, and people of the American Revolution in Yonkers on this special themed walking tour of the Albany Post Road and the Yonkers waterfront. Tour will include stops at the Enslaved Africans Rain Garden, St. John's Episcopal Church, and Philipse Manor Hall. $6 for adults, $3 for seniors and students, tickets include museum admission. For more information visit https://www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events/revolutionary-yonkers-walking-tour-10-11-2025.
Registration: Required
Sat
18
Oct
Saturday, October 18, 2025 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
Join Revolutionary Yonkers 250 for this special program around the tea parties of New York and Westchester County during the American Revolution. Guests will sample teas of the Boston Tea Party with entertainment by opera singer Yolanda F. Johnson. A presentation by Yonkers City Historian Mary Hoar will feature the story of the Westchester tea party and a few of the women who played a role in the American Revolution. For more information and to register visit www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events.
Registration: Required
Tue
21
Oct
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
New York was one of the most diverse of the thirteen colonies, thanks to its Dutch colonial roots. Religious and racial diversity meant that colliding cultures had different ideas of how to treat women. Learn about women's rights (or lack thereof) in Munsee, Iroquois, African, Dutch, and English culture, and how enslaved women's rights changed over time. Learn about women's roles in everyday life, uprisings, and war. Meet individual women like Dutch she-merchant Margaret Hardenbroek De Vries Philipse, Esopus sachem Mamanuchqua, Jewish merchant Rebecca Gomez, Revolutionary War soldier Deborah Sampson, and more. Join Philipse Manor Hall's Sarah Wassberg Johnson at the Boardman Road Branch of the Poughkeepsie Library for this special program. Register at https://poughkeepsie.librarycalendar.com/event/she-merchants-sachems-and-slaves-women-colonial-new-york-9530.
Registration: Required
Sat
25
Oct
Saturday, October 25, 2025 11:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
Get spooky with the whole family! Come to Philipse Manor Hall in your costume to trick-or-treat at the front desk, then go upstairs to the Gothic Chamber for historical Halloween crafts and watch Disney's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1949) cartoon. The cartoon will loop throughout the day. Free for everyone! No registration required. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
25
Oct
Saturday, October 25, 2025 02:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
Celebrate the spooky season in Westchester County! Join us in-person in the Gothic Chamber as we watch Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow" (1999, R). Based on the Washington Irving tale by the same name, "Sleepy Hollow" is set in 1799 New York where young police constable Ichabod Crane investigates a series of murders in the rural town of Sleepy Hollow. We'll hear from Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site manager Michael Lord with commentary on what is and isn't accurate to Irving's story, the Hudson Valley's Dutch heritage, and the history of late 18th century New York. "Sleepy Hollow" is rated R and is not recommended for young audiences.
Registration: Not required